Last Day

by Emily

Holy frick. It’s my last day of work today!!

It’s been a weird last week – I’ve actually been crazy busy because a coworker is out sick so I’ve been covering additional units. Usually you don’t do much patient care on your final day, but I’m planning on squeezing in a pretty full morning before I start my exit paperwork. Plus I’ve been wrapping up various projects, including an hour-long presentation on critical care nutrition guidelines that I gave to the residents covering the ICUs.

It’d be nice to have some time to decompress but the last two weeks of June are going to be insane with the move. And in busy-ness that is fun, my parents are coming into town tomorrow for a final city visit. And then Adam’s family is joining us to celebrate his graduation next week!

Busy, busy, busy, busy, busy! <– name that movie

Here were the highlights from my last week of work…

{fun in bottled coffee} Cold brew from Trader Joe’s.

Pecan cold brew from Chameleon Coffee.

{fruit forward snacks} Fresh watermelon chunks with TJ’s cucumber watermelon mint Greek yogurt.

The last of the ambrosia my coworker made me. I for sure ate out every single piece of palm seed.

{vegetables masquerading as chips/fries} Roasted green bean “cheese fries” with ketchup and mayo. I’ll be honest, I wanted Kewpie mayo for years and finally bought a bottle the month before this move and now I’m looking for any excuse, no matter how flimsy, to use it.

Spinach and parmesan tzatziki dip scooped with sugar snap peas and baby carrots.

{good foods and goodbyes with coworkers} An after-work walk to DeKalb Market Hall for Ample Hills. Baby I was Churned This Way.

Lunch at Bolivian Llama Party in the Ashland. I had a fried seitan sandwich and we split insanely good cilantro cheese fries.

{New York must-eats} A poppy seed bagel with jalapeno-cheddar cream cheese from La Bagel Delight. <– eaten on the walk to work, key feature

Shaved ice from Grace Street. We swooned over black sesame ice with sweetened condensed milk, honey boba, and mochi. <– all-time best boba and mochi in the city/world

Hand-pulled noodles from Xi’an Famous Foods. Extra spicy for me, with smashed cucumber salad. The chew factor here is just perfection.

I ♥ New York.

11Jun2018

More Desserts Than Days

by Emily

You guys. Oh my gosh. This is my last week at work!!? It’s crazy bittersweet and we have a million and one big life changes happening in the next 20 days and I owe my blog readers a mega update in July.

For now, let me update you about the highlights from this weekend. They are mostly desserts…

My coworkers threw me the sweetest goodbye party (a week early because someone else is out on vacation now) on Friday. Complete with cake and macarons and my coworker made Filipino ambrosia and leche flan.

And on Saturday a coworker and I went out for all-you-can-eat sushi lunch.

Adam and I had lunch at Russ and Daughter’s and ordered all of our favorites.

We got brigadeiros, oreo is the best flavor ever.

And cupcakes! Stuffed with cookie dough and cake batter.

I finally made it to Round K to try an egg cappuccino and it was fantastic. Korean cappuccino with an egg yolk stirred in and whipped cream on top.

Also we had coffees – and a cookie stuffed with caramel – from For Five.

Friday night we had friends over for the best ever buffalo chicken pizza and subsequently I had pizza for dinner Saturday and Sunday too.

Have a great week!

8Jun2018

Tasty Things

by Emily

Tasty things from this week…

Mango in plain Greek is my latest favorite yogurt combo. This bowl had nectarine in it, which was fantastic as well.

Some of my favorite coworkers and I went out for a goodbye lunch at Dekalb Market Hall and I had great tacos. Mushroom and corn / smoked crab.

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I finally got my hands on this new Reese’s Pieces bar and it was outrageously fantastic.

For almost a week I had been having an oddly specific craving for rotisserie chicken and butter lettuce and this strangely topped salad was everything I was hoping for – spinach and butter lettuce mix dressed with evoo, salt, and sumac / warm, shredded, rotisserie chicken / pine nuts / sriracha and kewpie mayo.

We made chilaquiles nachos. Tortilla chips, roasted salsa, cheese, shredded chicken and sauteed onion and bell pepper baked with an egg on top.

4Jun2018

Doughnuts, Go Nuts

by Emily

Tasty weekend! Friday was National Doughnut Day, so I took myself on a pre-work date to Doughnut Plant. They were giving away a super cool Grand Central ceiling inspired mini doughnut away with all purchases. I got a tres leches cake doughnut. <– all-time best

And Saturday we went on a six mile // six doughnut epic walking and eating tour. South from Hells Kitchen, across the bridge to Williamsburg. We walked part of the way on the High Line which was just lovely.

Stop 1 – Underwest Donuts.

Carwash – lavender vanilla.

Halvah with chocolate.

Stop 2 – Doughnut Project.

Coffee and salted toffee.

Black Gold, Texas Tea – extra dark chocolate with cookie crumbs and sea salt. This one had a great texture, so chewy!

Stop 3 – Du’s Donuts.

Strawberry.

Chocolate caramel brownie.

My non-doughnut eats worth mentioning all included beans! Coffee beans in quad shot non-fat iced lattes from Terremoto and Black Brick.

And a maple iced latte from Bittersweet.

Black beans on nachos with sour cream and jalopenos. Plus we ate unphotographed roasted cauliflower with sumac that was somehow just as delicious as the cheesy goodness.

Pink beans on yummy Chipotle bowls. Toasted broccoli rice / sauteed onion and green and orange bell pepper / shredded cheese / chicken marinated in chipotles in adobo, brown sugar, lime juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, and rice vinegar / pink beans sauteed with olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, cayenne, and smoked paprika / sour cream.

Did you eat a doughnut this weekend??

1Jun2018

What-A-Melon

by Emily

Four things I ate this week…

Stumptown Founder’s coffee brew with TJ’s chocolate almond-cashew milk.

Watermelon juice. Kids, it is June!

Heirloom naval orange with vanilla bean yogurt and a new flavor of Polar Seltzer I didn’t care for.

Cheesy chicken and brussel sprouts. This recipe but with low-fat sour cream, minced garlic, smoked paprika, and cheddar in addition to Parmesan.

Important FYI – It’s National Doughnut Day today!!!

29May2018

Brigadero, Beer, BBQ

by Emily

I had a good New York weekend, one of a dwindling few remaining before the move! Saturday, a girlfriend and I met near South Street Seaport for croissants, walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, then spent the afternoon in Brooklyn for drinks and dinner.

Here were my top nine, three per day for a three day weekend…

{1} Iced latte from Everyman Espresso. I walked down from Penn Station to the Seaport and the iced beverage was sooo necessary.

{2} It kind of makes me feel like an asshole, but the frozen coffee from Stew Leonard’s is one of my very favorite things.

{3} Croissants from Cafe Patoro. Mine was stuffed with brigadero, aka condensed milk chocolate.

{4} Dessert bars from Hometown Bake Shop. Key lime pie and s’mores.

{5} Cocktails at Grand Army. The specialty drink menu is currently My Little Pony themed!!

We decided I ordered the best two things on the menu. Scootaloo – amburana cachaca, passionfruit, cardamom, lime, and orange.

Pinky Pie – blanco tequila, escubac, aperol, lime, and salt.

{6} Pasta at Colonie. Fazzoletti with blue crab, burrata, sorrel, and serrano chile.

{7} BBQ at Old Fields. I had smoked chicken with smokey bbq sauce, pulled chicken, cole slaw, and a lot of Adam’s corn bread.

{8} I made a take on the creamy rice casserole from Eat, Live, Run. Double the bell pepper, fire roasted ro-tel, and I swapped out shrimp for turkey sausage and red kidney beans. It was delicious. Topped with Sriracha and sour cream.

{9} Trader Joe’s sour grapefruit ale.

Have a great week!

25May2018

Three Kinds Of Eggs

by Emily

Highlights from this week included eggs served three different ways, a new take on pesto, and my current favorite snack combo…

The week started out on a high point – a breakfast date at Golda.

Quad espresso + ice + cream.

I had the grilled asparagus toast – strawberry-chili mostarda / alfalfa / ras al hanout / soft egg / charred lemon / local sourdough.

Homemade coffee combo = half and half, ice, and Stumptown Founders blend.

Snacks of note include fresh alfonso mango with cottage cheese.

Our Deadpool movie snack was right on the nose. DP 2 was not as good as the first movie but still laugh out loud funny.

My current favorite snack combo is roasted chickpeas with blistered peanuts. Eaten in bulk.

Tuesday – my early day, when I leave the house before 6 am – I drove across town after work to attend what ended up being a very disappointing lecture on TPN. The speaker ran a bit late and I didn’t start heading home until after 9 pm, at which point I was basically whimpering from hunger. Suffice to say, this is the most satisfying Chipotle bowl that’s ever been eaten!

The other three nights I cooked legitimate meals and had some major successes in the kitchen! Like a Mediterranean frittata, complete with a new recipe page.

Replete with feta, zucchini, and sumac.

One night I made okonomiyaki. We use three eggs and a heaping 1/3 cup flour for 2 servings. With shredded garnet yam, roasted cabbage, and ginger. Topped with Sriracha, Kewpie mayo, green onion, and seaweed.

I also tried a new take on pesto that turned out to be delicious. The last time we made homemade pesto we found the raw garlic and basil to be a bit too spicy, so this time I cooked them. Sweet onion, green onion, and garlic sauteed in evoo / basil cooked with the onion for 90 seconds or so / tossed in the food processor with more evoo, parmesan, and pine nuts. Served with whole wheat pasta with baby kale, toasted white beans, and roasted heirloom tomato.

Weekend plans include a bridge walk, a bar date, and a bbq spot.

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Author Archives: Emily

Last Day

More Desserts Than Days

Tasty Things

Doughnuts, Go Nuts

What-A-Melon

Brigadero, Beer, BBQ

Three Kinds Of Eggs